Panel data on 14 paddy farmers from Aurepalle, India, collected over ten years (1975-76 to 1984-85). Includes farmer characteristics (age, schooling) and production variables (output, land, labor, bullocks, input costs).
data("Indian")A data frame with 273 observations (an unbalanced panel of 34 farmers over 10 years) on the following 10 variables.
ida numeric vector containing a unique identifier for each farmer
yra numeric vector containing the year of the observation
agea numeric vector containing the age of the primary decision maker
schoola numeric vector containing the number of years of schooling of the primary decision maker
yvara numeric vector containing the natural logarithm of the total value of output (rupees)
Llanda numeric vector containing the natural logarithm of the total area of land operated (ha)
PIlanda numeric vector containing the proportion of land that is irrigated
Llabora numeric vector containing the natural logarithm of the total number of hours of hired and family labour used
Lbulla numeric vector containing the natural logarithm of the number of hours of bullock labour used
Lcosta numeric vector containing the natural logarithm of the value of inputs including fertilizer, manure, pesticides, machinery, etc.
Battese, G.E. and Coelli, T.J. (1992) 'Frontier production functions, technical efficiency and panel data: With application to paddy farmers in India', Journal of Productivity Analysis, 3(1-2), pp. 153-169. doi:10.1007/BF00158774.